diff --git a/conservancy_beancount/cliutil.py b/conservancy_beancount/cliutil.py
index 40f5190646d5cf84707af8bc237d276fde98630c..ec44ab06da57cca5b4848171a07c1f135edfc192 100644
--- a/conservancy_beancount/cliutil.py
+++ b/conservancy_beancount/cliutil.py
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ import types
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import rt.exceptions as rt_error
+import yaml
 
 from . import data
+from . import errors
 from . import filters
 from . import rtutil
 
@@ -148,6 +150,11 @@ class ExceptHook:
         elif isinstance(exc_value, rt_error.RtError):
             exitcode = os.EX_UNAVAILABLE
             error_type = f"RT {error_type}"
+        elif isinstance(exc_value, errors.RewriteRuleError):
+            exitcode = ExitCode.RewriteRulesError
+            msg = str(exc_value)
+            if exc_value.source is not None:
+                msg += f"\n\n source: {yaml.safe_dump(exc_value.source)}"
         elif isinstance(exc_value, OSError):
             if exc_value.filename is None:
                 exitcode = os.EX_OSERR
diff --git a/tests/test_cliutil.py b/tests/test_cliutil.py
index de95f1150f1488a75bb21da57883589dad3f2403..b4013b6777c1d5c3a8ade47e1c5dc10aed736c19 100644
--- a/tests/test_cliutil.py
+++ b/tests/test_cliutil.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Test CLI utilities"""
-# Copyright © 2020  Brett Smith
+# Copyright © 2020, 2021  Brett Smith
 # License: AGPLv3-or-later WITH Beancount-Plugin-Additional-Permission-1.0
 #
 # Full copyright and licensing details can be found at toplevel file
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from . import testutil
 
-from conservancy_beancount import cliutil
+from conservancy_beancount import cliutil, errors
 
 FILE_NAMES = ['-foobar', '-foo.bin']
 STREAM_PATHS = [None, Path('-')]
@@ -163,6 +163,25 @@ def test_excepthook_oserror(errnum, caplog):
         assert log.levelname == 'CRITICAL'
         assert log.message == f"I/O error: {error.filename}: {error.strerror}"
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('errcls', [
+    errors.RewriteRuleActionError,
+    errors.RewriteRuleConditionError,
+    errors.RewriteRuleLoadError,
+    errors.RewriteRuleValidationError,
+])
+def test_excepthook_rewrite_rule_error(errcls, caplog):
+    name = errcls.__name__
+    error = errcls("bad rewrite rule", f"{name}.yml", 170, [name])
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_check:
+        cliutil.ExceptHook()(type(error), error, None)
+    assert exc_check.value.args[0] == cliutil.ExitCode.RewriteRulesError
+    assert caplog.records
+    for log in caplog.records:
+        assert log.levelname == 'CRITICAL'
+        lines = log.message.splitlines()
+        assert lines[0].startswith(f"{name}: bad rewrite rule in {name}.yml rule #170")
+        assert re.match(rf' source:\W+{name}\b', lines[-1])
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('exc_type', [
     AttributeError,
     RuntimeError,